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Gabriel Moss

Gabriel Moss

Former Digital Trends Contributor

As a Contributor on Digital Trends, Gabriel Moss shares his insights about video games and technology. He also contributes to IGN and a handful of other outlets when time allows, but his day job is working with the Sales & Marketing team at Flying Fish Exhibits to bring traveling exhibitions to museums across the world.

Gabriel is a lifelong gamer with a soft spot for RPGs. He attributes his expediated reading and writing skills to having played and beaten the then-brand-new Pokémon Red on the Game Boy Color at age 2. By the time he was 8, he was avidly devouring Dungeons & Dragons 3e sourcebooks and the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. The rest of his time was spent obsessing over games like Diablo, StarCraft, Civilization, Final Fantasy, Baldur's Gate, EverQuest, Dragon Warrior Monsters (before the series was renamed to Dragon Quest in the west), point-and-click adventures like Myst and Obsidian, and more PlayStation 1-era JRPGs in the vein of Legend of Legaia and Star Ocean 2 than he could count on both hands.

 

Gabriel is based in Oregon. He graduated from Portland State University in 2017 with a B.A. in Marketing & Advertising Management with a minor in Psychology. This education gave Gabriel a leg-up in communication and problem-solving skills, which are both crucial in reporting effectively on games and tech.

Promotional art for Bethesda's Starfield.

Six months later, Starfield’s modding scene is still lost in space

Starfield's modding scene may need some time to fully take off, but even with dipping player counts and negative sentiment among fans, there's still hope.
Anita stands in a hallway full of post-it notes in Silent Hill: The Lost Message.

Silent Hill 2 still doesn’t have a release date, but you can play a free spinoff game now

While Silent Hill 2 didn't get a release date at today's Sony State of Play, a brand new Silent Hill spin-off game is out right now for free.
Divine Divinity (2002) gameplay

The long, winding road to Baldur’s Gate 3 was paved with these Larian games

Larian Studios' rags-to-riches story is full of a ton of strategic pivots spanning games you'd never expect from the wildly successful Baldur's Gate 3 dev.
Fighting a giant fungal-infected bear in Avowed

Obsidian’s massive action RPG Avowed finally launches this fall

Obsidian's new action RPG Avowed is finally set to release in fall 2024, and its dynamic combat already packs a powerful punch.
A person is enthusiastically enjoying a game while wearing the Meta Quest 3.

Get the most out of Meta Quest 3’s mixed-reality with these VR games

If you want to get the most out of your Meta Quest 3's mixed reality tech, you need to pick up these games.
Key art for Starfield.

Starfield ends 2023 as a commercial success and a marketing hype disaster

Bethesda's first voyage into space ends 2023 as a big success for Xbox, despite that it let down fans who felt like it underdelivered on its promises.
Baldur's Gate 3 Withers

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a perfect game, until you die

Baldur's Gate 3 would be the perfect RPG if its autosave system worked better.
A character speaks in Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur’s Gate 3 includes a poignant Undertale Easter egg and more RPG nods

Baldur's Gate 3 players are already unearthing its best Easter eggs, but this thematically poignant Undertale reference stands out above the rest.
Star Wars Outlaws splash art depicting Kay Vess and Nix

Star Wars Outlaws showcases its scum and villainy in gameplay debut

Over 10 minutes of Star Wars Outlaws gameplay footage was revealed at Ubisoft Forward.
An astronaut stands on the moon in Starfield.

Starfield looks like the culmination of every Bethesda game

Bethesda finally detailed all of its gameplay systems for Starfield at Xbox Games Showcase 2023, and it looks like a wild ride in space.
Fable teaser trailer showing large door

Fable reboot goes full-on fairy-tale in comedic new trailer

Fable's reboot already looks like an old-timey dive into a Brothers Grimm-esque fairy-tale, with all the trappings of a modern RPG.
Optimus Prime reveal in Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 3 WILDS trailer

Fortnite gets a ‘wild’ new trailer featuring Optimus Prime

Fortnite is getting a change of scenery and a brand-new seasonal offering in Chapter 4, Season 3, which brings Transformers to the battle royale.
Key art for Mortal Kombat 1 shows its logo and Liu Kang.

Mortal Kombat 1 gameplay shows off absolutely disgusting finishers

Mortal Kombat 1 showed its stripes at Summer Games Fest, displaying new guts and glory.
Still from Diablo 4 cinematic.

Every online game should take note of Diablo 4’s seamless multiplayer

Diablo 4's multiplayer is so seamlessly integrated that it should be a new gold standard for MMOs and other online games.
Diablo 4 promotional image of Lillith. It's a close-up shot and she's bathed in red light.

Diablo 4 review: A bold new step for hack-n-slash RPGs

Diablo 4 is a glorious return to form for the Diablo series, though it comes with a few MMO concessions that may drag its experience down for some.
Key art for Homeseek.

Homeseek offers a joyful mix of postapocalyptic strategy and role-playing

At PAX East, Homeseek demonstrated that it could be the next great RTS.
lord of the rings gollum art

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is unintentionally delightful

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum isn't as polished as I was hoping for ahead of its May release window, but it still finds ways to endear itself to longtime fans.
Lone Echo Arena Review

Meta’s unceremonious Echo VR shutdown is a missed Metaverse opportunity

Echo VR was once Meta's most promising virtual world. Its shutdown is a missed opportunity for its struggling Metaverse.
Space travelers posing in front of colorful planet in No Man's Sky.

These 9 ‘podcast games’ are perfect for multitaskers

Looking for the perfect multitasking game? Here are some of our favorite 'podcast games.'
Spatial Ops

Impressive mixed-reality laser tag game may be VR’s new ace in the hole

Spatial Ops is Resolution Games' next biggest VR invention, and it works particularly well if you have the space to play it.
A Sea of Thieves skeleton sits in front of text that says 2022 Best Live Service Games.

The best live service games of 2022: 10 ongoing games we couldn’t stop playing

It's tough to sort through the vast catalog of ongoing games, but these 10 knocked it out of the park in 2022 with strong updates.
Two Spartans side by side in Halo Infinite.

Halo Infinite’s Winter Update is the boost the shooter needed

Halo Infinite's Winter Update brought Forge, co-op, and more to the game this month. Those changes are already having a big impact.
No Man's Sky warp drive

No Man’s Sky 4.0’s difficulty options make the space game feel new again

No Man's Sky 4.0 brought with it a number of new changes, none of which were as important to its gameplay as the new difficulty slider menu.
galahad 3093 early access hero

Need a new multiplayer game? Try this 24-player mech shooter

Galahad 3093 marries first-person hero shooter sensibilities with classic Mech Warrior-style skirmishes.
Character using lightning in New World.

One year later, New World’s never-ending MMO grind is just fine

New World is still a grind-heavy MMORPG one year after its launch, though it's a bit more relaxed than it once was.
Theodore Masters Peterson in Hello Neighbor 2

Hello Neighbor 2 offers impressive open-ended puzzling and one creepy villain

Hello Neighbor 2 leans into clever level design to make its puzzles feel more dynamic, and its villain is smart enough to stay on your heels.
Arcadian Atlas cutscene

Arcadian Atlas could finally scratch my Final Fantasy Tactics itch

Arcadian Atlas is a promising return to the traditional TRPG style once dominated by Final Fantasy Tactics
Goats fall from the sky.

Goat Simulator 3’s sandbox is 18 times larger than its predecessor’s

Goat Simulator 3 features a much bigger sandbox than its predecessor, amping up the game's barnyard chaos.